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Robert Scholte commented on MCOMPILER-418: ------------------------------------------ The first question that comes to my mind: should we allow passing {{--patch-module}} as a separate argument? My first response would be 'no', as it looks more like a workaround than fixing the root cause. > NPE when --patch-module is used in non-modular Project > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: MCOMPILER-418 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-418 > Project: Maven Compiler Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 3.8.1 > Reporter: Stanislav Spiridonov > Priority: Major > > When "--patch-module" argument with reference to jar is added to the > compiler, the plugin always throws NullPointerException. > > {noformat} > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at org.apache.maven.plugin.compiler.AbstractCompilerMojo.execute > (AbstractCompilerMojo.java:1051) > at org.apache.maven.plugin.compiler.CompilerMojo.execute > (CompilerMojo.java:187) > at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo > (DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137) {noformat} > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)